Year-Round Trees or Shrubs for a Privacy Fence

Year-round trees or shrubs are great for a natural privacy fence because they always stay thick. Find out about year-round trees or shrubs to use for a privacy fence with help from the owner of Eden Condensed in this free video clip.

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Hi, I'm Angela Price from Eden Condensed, small space garden design, and this is Garden Space. Questions I get are what is a good type of year round privacy hedge that you can plant that is both attractive as well as thickly growing so that it will block the view from your neighbors and your neighbors view from you? Well one of the best things to do is in your area is to take a drive around your neighborhood and see what types of hedges your neighbors have. And that'll give you a good idea of what grows best in your neighborhood. In southern California a bougainvillea is a really popular and really beautiful hedge plant. Because it grows very thickly, it vines and it also has these really beautiful magenta flowers. They also come in an apricot color as well as white. But the most popular are the kind of hot pink magenta. The thing about bougainvillea is they do have little thorns on them so they do make a good privacy and protection hedge because their prickly. The other thing is that when you are planting bougainvillea is that their roots are very sensitive so be very careful when you are planting it as the plant easily will go into shock. So when you dig a deep hole for it, actually cut the bottom of your nursery plant off, plant the bougainvillea and then remove the pot, and that will ensure that the roots are as, not as disturbed as possible. But once it grows in you'll have a really beautiful privacy hedge that will be the envy of all your neighbors. If you have any other questions about plants for privacy hedges please contact me at www.edencondensed.com. Thank you very much.